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Establishing and supporting educational research in engineering from a local and national perspective
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posted on 2012-02-29, 11:12 authored by Carol J. Arlett, Adam CrawfordAdam Crawford, S.D. Moron-Garcia, Liz WillisThis paper describes an action research approach to supporting an
improvement in the educational research skills of engineering academics in the UK. Two
engineering education centres based at Loughborough University (the engCETL which is
funded to support academics based at the university and the Engineering Subject Centre
which has a national remit) have worked collaboratively to develop resources, including
guides, workshops and other events and have started to disseminate this work
internationally. In response to an identified need to develop understanding and to
facilitate collaborative opportunities, a Special Interest Group has been established that
will promote high quality educational research and provide the UK voice for
international research communities. This is work in progress and there will be further
evaluation undertaken of the impact of these developments. The aim is to establish a selfsustaining
community of researchers as there is limited funding for engineering
education research in the UK.
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ARLETT, C.J. ... et al., 2009. Establishing and supporting educational research in engineering from a local and national perspective. Research in Engineering Education Symposium (REES) 2009, Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia, 20 - 23 July.Publisher
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2009Notes
This paper was presented at the Research in Engineering Education Symposium (REES) 2009, July 20-23, 2009 in Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia: http://rees2009.pbworks.com/Publisher version
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